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MY REVIEW:
I had heard amazing things about Roseanna’s books from other authors and readers, but I’ve never read her books myself. After reading A Noble Scheme I can confidently say that Roseanna is a gifted writer.
Gifted in writing in a way that presents people as themselves. The complexity of human nature and how nothing is ever as clear as we would sometimes like it to be. We all have many sides to ourselves that we navigate on a daily basis and so too do her characters.
In A Noble Scheme, Gemma and Graham are members of a special group in early 1900’s London (they call themselves The Imposters) that take on special investigations for the elite class. But this investigation hits home for the team in ways that no one is quite ready for.
A young boy has been kidnapped and the team must race against the clock to not only find out who is behind the kidnapping, but return the boy to his family as well. If only they can find out why he was taken and by whom.
“Do you think you can ever forgive me?”
She didn’t pull her fingers free from his. She didn’t turn away again. But she couldn’t quite keep a few blocks of the ice wall she’d lived with for so long from trying to shield her heart.
An eternity later, she finally said, “I don’t know.”
Gemma and Graham are two of the investigators on the team, with their own sordid history to work through. Broken hearts and estrangement are mingled with the main story of the investigation. The journey of these two characters was uplifting and another important reminder that forgiveness unburdens our hearts and minds. We are reminded throughout our experiences here that things do not happen to use haphazardly or for no reason. There is always a bigger plan at work and we must have faith and remember that.
Layering in loss and grief from multiple parties through the unfolding of this investigation, this is a story that will remind you to cherish what you have and always hold it tight. A crescendo and finale to this one I wasn’t expecting at all, but provided even more depth to all of the characters in their multi-faceted world.
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In the opulent and perilous world of high society’s most elite—and most dangerous—families, two investigators must set aside their broken hearts to uncover the truth.
Gemma Parks is known to the London elite as G. M. Parker, a columnist renowned for her commentary on the cream of society. Behind the scenes, she uses her talents to aid the Imposters in their investigations by gathering intel at events and providing alibis for the firm’s members through her columns. Yet her clandestine work would be more exhilarating if it weren’t for the constant presence of the gentleman who broke her heart.
Graham Wharton has never had eyes for anyone but Gemma, and she left his heart in tatters when she walked away from him. When the Imposters take on a new job to recover a kidnapped boy mistaken for his aristocratic cousin, Graham is determined to use the time with Gemma to not only restore the missing boy, but to also win back the only woman he’s ever loved. As they trace the clues laid out before them, Graham and Gemma must devise a noble scheme to save the boy’s life and heal their hearts.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Roseanna M. White
Roseanna M. White (roseannamwhite.com) is a bestselling, Christy Award-winning author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of a slew of historical novels that span several continents and thousands of years. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to find their way into her books. . .to offset her real life, which is blessedly ordinary.
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